Fox Seeks 2nd Circ. Guidance In Intern Wage Class Action

Law360, New York (October 2, 2013, 3:32 PM EDT) -- Fox Entertainment Group Inc. urged the Second Circuit on Tuesday to define the proper standard for ascertaining whether unpaid interns qualify as employees under federal wage law, citing the volume of intern wage suits and judicial disagreement about how to determine if interns qualify as employees.

Fox Entertainment and Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc. filed a petition seeking a green light from the Second Circuit for an appeal of a June ruling from U.S. District Judge William Pauley that said two unpaid interns who worked on the...